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News Articles: World

Residents and community organizers take the street in the La Vega neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday morning to show support for opposition candidate Edmundo Gónzalez, going door to door to explain the ballot.

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  • Latin America

Hope was in the air for Venezuela's election, but it ended in dispute and uncertainty

Here are photos from the energized campaigns leading up to Sunday's Venezuelan election. Now, with both sides claiming victory, there's a sense of uncertainty.

July 29, 2024
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By:
  • Lexi Parra
Serbia's Novak Djokovic, right, shakes hands with Spain's Rafael Nadal after the two faced off in the Paris Olympics —  their 60th matchup overall. Nadal has been battling injuries for years, but he rallied for a number of dramatic points in front of an appreciative crowd at Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Stadium.

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  • Sports

Djokovic and Nadal treat Olympic fans to a scintillating, if short, match in Paris

What other pair could turn a relatively straight-forward 6-1, 6-4 second-round match into a clinic of tennis brilliance?

July 29, 2024
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
GPB News NPR

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  • News

Fraud claims emerge in Venezuelan election. And, Trump hopes to regain the spotlight

Nicolas Maduro has been declared the winner in Venezuela's presidential election, but the opposition is claiming fraud. And, former President Trump is trying to regain the spotlight from Harris.

July 29, 2024
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
President Nicolas Maduro addresses supporters after electoral authorities declared him the winner of the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela on Monday.

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  • Latin America

Maduro and opposition both claim victory in Venezuela's presidential election

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed "serious concerns" that the result did not reflect the vote of the Venezuelan people.

July 29, 2024
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By:
  • John Otis
A Venezuelan living in Brasilia, Brazil, with his face painted in the colors of his nation's flag, gathers with fellow Venezuelans on the day of their nation's presidential election, Sunday, July 28, 2024.

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  • World

Venezuelans anxiously await results of an election that could end one-party rule

The results are not yet in. But if challenger Edmundo González beats president Nicolás Maduro, it could have ripple effects throughout the Americas.

July 28, 2024
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By:
  • Joshua Goodman and
  • Regina Garcia Cano
 Nearly 300 readers shared their disability stories with NPR. This is what they want you to know about living with a disability.

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  • News

What NPR readers want you to know about living with a disability

To celebrate Disability Pride Month, NPR readers tell their disability stories and share what they wish other people knew about living with a disability.

July 28, 2024
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By:
  • Suzanne Nuyen
An Apple store employee stands inside the store in New York on Feb. 5, 2021.

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  • National

Apple reaches tentative contract agreement with unionized store employees in Maryland

The Apple store in the Baltimore suburb of Towson was the first in the U.S. to unionize. The contract agreement must be approved by roughly 85 employees there. A vote is scheduled for Aug. 6.

July 28, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Israeli security forces and medics transport casualties along with local residents, at a site where a reported strike from Lebanon fell in Majdal Shams village in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights area on Saturday.

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  • Middle East

A rocket hit Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, after Israel struck a Gaza school

A rocket has hit a sports complex filled with children playing soccer in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights region Saturday afternoon, on the same day that an Israeli strike in Gaza devastated a school building and killed dozens.

July 27, 2024
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By:
  • Willem Marx,
  • Kat Lonsdorf,
  • and 1 more
GPB News NPR

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  • Middle East

Rocket attack on Israeli-controlled Golan Heights kills 10, rescue official says

A attack on a soccer field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights wounded several other people hours after an Israeli airstrike on south Lebanon killed three members of Hezbollah.

July 27, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip flee from parts of Khan Younis on Saturday, following an evacuation order by the Israeli army to leave parts of the southern area of Gaza Strip's second largest city.

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  • Middle East

At least 30 dead in Gaza after an Israeli airstrike hits a school used as a shelter

The school, where thousands were sheltering, was being used by displaced Palestinians and the deaths included several children. Israel's military said it was targeting a Hamas command center.

July 27, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A light show is displayed on the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday.

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  • News

First look: Photos from Paris Olympics opening ceremony

Images from the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games offer a stunning glimpse into the dramatic and heavily Parisian-themed day.

July 27, 2024
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By:
  • Alana Wise
Residents and community organizers take the street Wednesday to show support for opposition candidate in Venezuela's presidential election, Edmundo Gónzalez Urrutia, in the neighborhood of La Vega, in Venezuela's capital of Caracas.

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  • Latin America

What to know about Venezuela's election, as Maduro faces stiff opposition

Venezuela is holding a presidential election on Sunday that could bring dramatic change to the nation, if the opposition candidate can really knock out longtime President Nicolás Maduro.

July 26, 2024
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By:
  • John Otis and
  • Carrie Kahn
Travelers sit on stairs at the Gare de Montparnasse at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday in Paris. Hours away from the opening ceremony of the Olympics, high-speed rail traffic to the French capital was severely disrupted on Friday following what officials described as "criminal actions" and sabotage.

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  • Europe

France's high-speed train lines are sabotaged hours before Olympic opening ceremony

Just hours before the Olympic opening ceremony in the French capital, rail networks around the country were brought to a standstill Friday by a series of arson attacks on train lines in what officials called “coordinated acts of malice.”

July 26, 2024
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By:
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
Police boats patrol the Seine river in Paris ahead of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday.

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  • Sports

Paris prepares for the Olympic opening ceremony on the River Seine

The amphibious ceremony starts with a float parade on the Seine. The open-air venue has invited serious security concerns.

July 26, 2024
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
A Sudanese girl who has fled from the war with her family arrives at a refugee transit center. The conflict that began in April 2023 has displaced millions and created a humanitarian crisis.

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  • Africa

Why Sudan is being called a 'humanitarian desert'

An emergency coordinator from Doctors Without Borders has seen crises around the world but says she's never seen anything like this. A new report from the aid group underscores her assessment.

July 26, 2024
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By:
  • Fatma Tanis
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